County: Meath Site name: DULEEK (Commons td.)
Sites and Monuments Record No.: N/A Licence number: —
Author: K. Campbell
Site type: Quarry
Period/Dating: Post Medieval (AD 1600-AD 1750)
ITM: E 704828m, N 768618m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.656818, -6.414081
A two-week excavation was carried out on the probable site of the Norman motte. The antiquarian, Austin Cooper, had observed the mound in the course of removal in 1783. The stratigraphy was consistent with quarrying in the 18th century. Finds consisted of 31 sherds of medieval pottery, 12 sherds of post-medieval pottery and a medieval horseshoe.
